Reuters: Technology News: Microsoft says operating system update to be called Windows 8.1

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Microsoft says operating system update to be called Windows 8.1 May 14th 2013, 15:00 Tweet Share this Email Print Related News Special Report: U.S. cyberwar strategy stokes fear of blowback Fri, May 10 2013 Microsoft CFO to leave; profit, shares rise Thu, Apr 18 2013 Analysis & Opinion Microsoft win in rate-setting case vs Motorola is call to litigation The Microsoft logo is seen at their offices in Bucharest March 20, 2013. Credit: Reuters/Bogdan Cristel SEATTLE | Tue May 14, 2013 11:00am EDT SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp executive Tami Reller said on Tuesday the company's forthcoming update to its Windows operating system will be called Windows 8.1 and will be available later this year free to existing Windows 8 customers. The world's largest software company has been touting the update, previously code-named 'Blue,' as a series of improvements to the Windows 8 software, launched in October, which has not been as popular as it had hoped. (Reporting by Bill Rigby; Editing by Gerald E. McCormick) Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story through relevant opinion, anecdotes, links and data. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. For more information on our comment policy, see http://blogs.reuters.com/fulldisclosure/2010/09/27/toward-a-more-thoughtful-conversation-on-stories/ Comments (0) Be the first to comment on reuters.com. Add yours using the box above.

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